Printer&#39;s furniture.



' G. F. smz.

PRINTERS FURNITURE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 6, 1914.

1,149,957. Patented Aug. 10, 1915.

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vesoneri; F. sEITz, or PHILADELPHIA, .rEnNsYLvANra Y PRINTER S FURNITURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1915.

Application filed May 6, 1914. K Serial No. 836,796.

T0 all whom t may concern z e Be it known that I, GEORGE F.*SEiTz,.a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Printers Furniture, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to furniture for the use of printers, particularly to spacing mem- Y bers, and has for its object the provision of various spacers so constructed-as to facilitate their separation for the insertion of type, brass rule, or other spacers, andV also provided with means whereby a superfluous spacer may be readily removed without pr ing apart or otherwise disturbing the remaining spacers 'or the type in a line, chase or form.

Other objects and advantages such as simplicity, efficiency, cheapness and the general improvement of the art will be brought out in the following description and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of the ends of lines of composition comprising my improved spacing members, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my spacers adapted for use between individual type, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of my spacers adapted for use between successive lines of composition, Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of my spacing members in a larger size and of the form called furniture, and Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view thereof. 1

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral l designates one of my spacing blocks, as a whole, adapted for use as a spacer between individual type or for filling out lines of type. The spacer may be of any point or size as em quads, en quads, 4; and 5 ems, spacer', etc., and may be of any length as desired, the construction being entirely unaffected by the size. At a point adjacent its upper end the spacer l is provided with beveled shoulders 2 on its opposite edges parallel with the usual indicating, grooves formed in the spacer. An extension or rib 3 is formed on the upper end of the spacer'and has its sides fl flush with the sides of the body of the spacer, and its front 5 and back 6 spaced inwardly of the front and back of the body, the front and back eX- A B5 tending upwardly from the top line'of the bevel.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that when aplurality of my spacers are arranged in a line, the beveled shoulders 2 will permit of the ready insertionvof a brass rule or the moving'of the entire linel for the insertion of a spacing slug or a piece of i' furniture. 4

In order that the spacers may be separated easily to facilitate the insertion of a type or another spacer betweenr them, I preferably bevel lthe upper' edges of the sides L of the extensions or ribs 3, as shown at 7, so that they may .be engaged by the tongue of a composing rule, a knife blade or the likefor readily and easily separating them.

The extensions or ribs 3 being parallel with the grooves or guide` notches formedin spacers perform another useful function by indicatingwhether or-not the spaceris inserted inthe correct position. VThis feature is valuable as some quadsare kso nearly 'square that the difference vis not readily .noticeable but when set in the wrong position will not lock up correctly in the form as is well understood.V

It is tobe noted that the extensions or l ribs 8 may be easily engaged by tweezers for removing the spacer, thereby eliminating the difficulty experienced in removing the common form of spacer or quad in which prying apart is necessary to allow the tweezers to engage the sides of the spacer to be extracted.

Referring more particularly to Fig. 3 of the drawings it will be seen that I have provided a slug or lead for use between consecutive lines of type which is constructed on the principle of my spacer or quad. The slug or lead 8 is beveled along its upper longitudinal edges as shown at 9 and is further provided with an, extension or rib 10 to be engaged by tweezers or the fingers for removing it. Y

Figs. 4 and 5 show my invention applied to what is commonly called furniture or labor saving furniture. In this adaptation theblocks ll are provided upon their upper faces with extensions or ribs 12 adapted to Y be engaged by tweezers or ingersfor lifting the blocks from a form. rIhese extensions or ribs also prevent the blocks from being set in the form in any position other than the correct one as will be obvious. Furthermore by forming the blocks with recesses 13 in their bottom sides they may be stacked one upon another as the extension or rib l2 on one block Wouldthen be disposed in the recess 13 in the next block above it. The' edges of the blocks 11 are also beveled as at. 14 to permit the ready insertion of a brass rule or thin leads between them or to allow them toy bey easily separated for the insertion of slugs or other blocks or strips of furniture. y y

By the foregoing it will be apparent that the extensions orribs formed on the upper surfaces of my spacers permit of-their ready r'eniovalby tweezers, and that when a pluralityof myspacers are arranged in a1 number of lines the beveled shoulders designated by :2, 9 and 14 permit of the ready kinsertion 'of brass rules horizontally, and that the beveled shoulders designated by 7 and 14 permit of the ready insertion of brass rules orosei-vise, and that these beveled slfioul- -ders facilitate the moving ofy an entire linel or lines horizontally or crossWise for the insertion of spacing slugs or ypieces of furniture'a's may be required.

Having thus described my invention what I claim' is: p Y

l. A spacing block having its longitudinal edgesl beveled, and a projection formed on its upper face and having 'two ofit's faces 30 iiu'sh with the unbeve'led edges of said block,

and its other two faces terminating Within the beginning of said beyels, the transverse edges of' said projection being beveled.

2.. A spacing block having its upper longitudinal edges beveled, and a proJection 35 on its4 upper surface between said, bevels, said projection having its transverse edges beveled.

3. A spacing block having a groove formed on one of its sides and its upper 40 Alerigtli of said upper surface, the longitudi-y v nal edges` of the top surface of said. rib `ter'-y 50 ininating Within the side edges. of the top surface of said block andi at an appreciable distance therefrom, said rib having its transverse edges beveled;

In' testimony whereof I heretovaflizi. my 5.5

signature the presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE F. SEITZ..4 Witnesses:

JoHN J.- KELLY', JOEN A. AREND.

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Washington,` D. GJ 

